Design has always been one of the areas where AI struggles to match human ability. But most people still misunderstand what designing with AI actually means. Designing with AI does not mean asking it to do everything for you. The idea, direction, feeling, and creativity should still come from you.
AI is there to help you execute.
Here is the process in simple terms:
- You develop the idea.
- You gather inspiration.
- You translate your thinking into prompts and use AI to build it.
You can use tools like Cursor, Codex, Claude, or any harness. Basically at its core, you are turning your thoughts into instructions. AI can execute extremely well, but it still lacks true creativity. It understands design rules like spacing, typography, color theory, and hierarchy.
But it does not understand taste. It does not know what feels original, meaningful, or genuinely good.
That is the gap.
You cannot give AI real taste yet, but you can work around that limitation.
How To Actually Design With AI by Leon Lin
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